(Jenny's POV)
Frank and I arrive at St Hope's on Monday afternoon – a little before lunchtime, and a little later than usual. We arrived back in London from Paris late last night and we overslept. I called Mr. Flatley to apologize and told him that we were coming in, much to Frank's annoyance, who wanted to spend the whole day in bed. Livi also came back with us, and she's completely over the moon about me and Frank's engagement. She's been calling and texting everyone the amazing news – I'm pretty sure she's still doing it now. And her eyes were gleaming when she saw the ring.
I look down at my hand and I spread my fingers wide. I smile blithely as I gaze at my ring. This was definitely the best weekend ever – and most definitely the best birthday (present) ever! Wait till I tell everyone at school!
"Ready to show it off?" Frank asks, looking down at my hand.
"You bet I am!" I say, smiling.
We both hop out of the car and enter the school. In the foyer, I lean forward and give his cheek a quick kiss. "I'll see you later."
"OK, see you," says Frank, and we go our separate ways.
I run down the corridor and up the stairs to the gym – I'm about seven minutes late. It's really noisy inside as I take a few steps to the door. The kids are all taking advantage of me not being in there. I quickly take off my ring and put it in my pocket (I want to surprise everyone at the end of the lesson) and I enter the gym, acting nonchalant.
"Hi, everyone. I'm so so sorry I've come in at this time," I say, dropping my bag onto the pile of mats. I can see Carrie whispering something into Rose's ear and pointing at my left hand. She looks disappointed – just she waits until the end of the lesson.
"Right!" I say, clapping my hands together. "Let's get ready to sweat!"
We spend the lesson doing stretching and flexibility exercises before moving to push-ups, sit-ups, abdominal crunches and lunges. At the end of the lesson while everyone is showering up, I take my ring out of my pocket and slip it on my finger again. I twist it proudly round and round my finger. I still can't believe I'm getting married!
The door to the changing room opens and everyone starts to come out, making their way to door out of the gym.
"Isn't anyone gonna ask me how my birthday went?" I ask, hiding my left hand behind my back.
Rose turns and notices. She nudges Carrie and Oscar, and nods at my hidden hand.
Carrie immediately cheers up. "So, Jenny…" she starts, raising one eyebrow, "how was your birthday?"
I flash a wide, happy smile. "It was unbelievable," I admit. "Livi and I saw some fabulous fashions in Paris. We shopped until we dropped; we saw all the fantastic sights around the city, and saw the art in the Louvre. And then at dinner when Frank showed up…" I go pink. Then I hold up my hand, showing off my engagement ring.
"No way!" Davina shrieks. "Are you serious?"
I nod. "Frank proposed!"
There's a gasp and then the entire class explodes into applause and cheers. The girls rush up to me and crowd around me to see the ring.
"Omigosh!" Carrie squeals. "It's beautiful!"
"This is amazing!" says Avril.
"You have to invite us to the wedding!" says Davina.
"What is going on in here?" says a voice.
Everyone goes quiet and turn to see Aunt Hermione at the door.
"Well?" she says.
"Sorry, Auntie, it's my fault that everyone got excited," I say. "It's just that, and I'm sure Mum and Dad have already told you, but Frank asked me to marry him – and I said yes."
Everyone backs away from me as Aunt Hermione comes up to me. She takes my hand and stares at the ring.
"Hmmm…" she says. Suddenly, she throws her arms around me. "Oh, Jenny! I'm so happy!"
"Y-you are?" I ask feeling a little bit surprised.
"Of course I am!" Aunt Hermione pulls away. "Your uncle told me the news this morning. He heard last night from your father who was told by Livi." She hugs me again. "Oh, I can't believe you're getting married. We have to celebrate. Oh, I know! We'll have a party – a St Hope's engagement party."
"A party? But what about lessons?"
"Your engagement party is much more important than lessons. In fact, school is cancelled for the rest of the day. Today, we are gonna have a party to celebrate Jenny and Frank's engagement."
There's a loud roar of cheers and whoops.
"And we're gonna need some supplies," says Aunt Hermione. "So if everyone would like to follow me."
Everyone continues to clap and cheer as they follow Aunt Hermione out of the gym. As I follow them out into the corridor, my watch communicator vibrates. Rose, Oscar and Carrie rush up to me – as their pencil communicator tops are flashing – and we run through the corridors to the storage cupboard. After we fit into the small space, Oscar pulls the lever and the lift takes us down to HQ.
Let's see what's in store.
(Frank's POV)
I watch the clip of the person sprinting away from the facility that MI9 e-mailed to me again, trying to find out who this person is. It's hard to see their face because the recording was late at night and the dark shadows is covering the person's face. I've called MI9 to see if they have any other footage but they've told me that that's the only one as all the other security cameras in the facility that the intruder is running away from have all been destroyed.
SWOOSH!
I turn to see the Jenny and the team enter HQ, with Carrie having the biggest grin on her face.
"I've take it you've heard the good news then," I say.
"You bet we have!" Carrie replies. "Congratulations!"
"Yeah. We're happy for you," says Oscar. "Jenny, too."
"Thanks, guys," she says.
"Yeah, thanks," I say.
"So, come on, Frank! Tell us how you proposed to her," says Carrie. "Did you do it during a romantic boat ride along the River Seine? Did you ask her to marry you at the top of the Eiffel Tower? Or did you…?"
"Carrie," Rose intervenes, "I don't think Frank called us down here to tell us how he proposed to Jenny."
"Sorry," she says sheepishly.
"Maybe next time, Carrie," says Jenny. "Right now, I believe that Frank has got a mission for us. Isn't that right?"
I nod in response and turn on the left screen, showing everyone a picture of a large, white building. "This is the Globodex Research Institute. A private facility located in Sutton, south London that deals with experimental science, cross-species genetics, life sciences and atomic research, all in the name of helping and improving. Last night, someone broke into the institute. We have no idea what was stolen."
"Do we know what they look like?" Oscar asks.
"The intruder took out all the security cameras in the facility. The only footage we have is this." I play the clip that I watched earlier, showing the silhouette of the intruder fleeing away from the institute at full speed, carrying whatever they stole with them.
"I can't see the person's face!" Carrie says as she squints.
"This person is good," says Rose. "They took out all the security cameras and hid in the shadows so we can't see them."
"Or what they stole," Oscar adds.
"Which is all the more reason to check this place out," says Jenny. "Gadgets?"
"Today, you'll have the Immobilizing Perfume Stun Spray." I hold up the red perfume bottle. "It releases a spray that temporarily stuns a person. Next, we have the Mini Bombs." I show them the marble-sized, metallic purple bombs. "They can explode on contact when thrown at something. Then we have the Sonic Devastator Mobile Phone Ring." I hold up a ring with a tiny mobile phone mounted on it. "This small device, when activated, releases high energy sonic waves that can shatter glass and completely incapacitate the enemy, making them writhe in agony. You can activate it by pressing the 6-7-2 buttons on the phone. They also come with the Sound Dampening Headphones, so you'll be unaffected by the sonic waves. Finally, we have this…" I hold up four backpacks. "The Jetpack Backpacks."
"Cool," says Carrie, taking one. "This sure beats taking the bus to school."
"Well for now let's use these to get ourselves to the institute," says Oscar, strapping his Jetpack on his back. "Let's go."
The team turn and head for the lift. As Jenny enters the lift, I call to her. "Jen, wait."
"Huh?" She turns. "Frank, what's wrong?"
"Um, uh, I…"
"Frank?"
"Um, I… I just wanted to wish you luck on your mission and just to tell you to be careful," I say, rubbing my neck.
"Aww!" Carrie murmurs, making me redden – but Jenny is smiling.
"Of course I'll be careful, Frank – for you," she says, tapping my nose.
I smile back. "Right, well, good luck." I give her a quick kiss.
Jenny frowns at me. "Honestly, Frank. You call that a good luck kiss?"
Before I can say anything, Jenny grabs me and kisses me full on the lips, her tongue probing deeply, exploring my entire mouth. The team are giggling and wolf-whistling but I try to ignore them, though I know I'm blushing!
"Now that is a good luck kiss," says Jenny, as she releases me.
"W-wow…" I breathed with a lopsided grin.
"Well, I better get going. See you later." Jenny enters the lift. "By the way, Frank… that shade of red really suits you."
I frown in confusion as the lift doors close. I go to the lab and take out a mirror from the drawer. When I hold up the mirror, my eyes widen when I see that red lipstick is smudged all over my lips. But then I do a double take and check myself out in the mirror, pouting as I do so.
"Huh…" I murmur. "Wow, this shade of red really does suit me." I go red again and clear my throat, immediately regretting saying that sentence. I get tissue to wipe the lipstick off my lips. Then I pull out some technological pieces and start working on another gadget.
(Jenny's POV)
"Look – there's the institute!" says Carrie, pointing when we arrive less than ten minutes later.
I look below. The building is a noticeable big, white and cube-shaped building – and it's teamed with heavily guarded men.
"The institute is crawling with security guards," Oscar points out. "Where are we going to land?"
After a few seconds looking, Rose points to a secluded spot near the main building. "There are no security men guarding that place. We can land there," she says.
We land where Rose suggested. We keep to the edge of the building. I poke my head to see if the guards saw us. No – their backs are to us.
"Well, it's obvious we can't walk into the institute dressed like this," I say, turning back to the team. "We'll have to go in disguise."
"Four black scary security uniforms coming right up," Carrie says, and then she uses her watch to change into a black woolly beanie hat and a stiff black uniform. Then the rest of us do the same. "Right, let's go."
"Er, Carrie," says Oscar. "You seem to be forgetting that we have no idea what we're supposed to be looking for in the institute. We don't even know which room the intruder broke into."
"Actually, we do," says Rose.
"Huh?" We turn to her.
"Before we landed, I took an aerial shot of the institute with my Spy-Pod and according to the schematics, thermal imaging, X-ray detectors and a trail of destroyed security cameras, the intruder broke into sector 22F, level eight on the west wing of the facility."
We stare at Rose as she grins at us.
"Right, well, you better lead the way, then," I say, stepping aside to let Rose lead us to the room.
We follow her into the facility, enter the elevator to level eight and after advancing through the corridors we find the room that we're looking for – only for it to be guarded by two security men. We retreat back to the corner that we turned, our backs pressed against the wall.
"What now?" Carrie asks.
I peak my head to the guards. "I've got an idea," I say, turning back to the team. "Rose, give me the Immobilizing Perfume Stun Spray." She hands me the bottle. "Right. You guys stay here and keep watch. Activate cloaking device."
After my body turns invisible, I turn the corner again and walk down the corridor to the security guards. Removing the lid from the perfume, I spray a sparkling red fragrance from the bottle at the guards. As soon as they breathe in the scent, they become paralyzed, making them unable to move their bodies. I wave my hands right in front of their faces to make sure that the perfume works. The men don't blink.
I smile. "Looks like it works, then," I say. I whistle for the others. "You can come out now."
Rose, Carrie and Oscar come out from the corner as I deactivate the cloaking device and my body becomes visible.
"Nice work," says Carrie. She blows out her cheeks and makes silly faces at the guards. They remain standing still, straight-faced.
Carrie giggles.
"Well, that's them sorted," says Oscar. "But how are we getting in?"
"With this," I say, waving a passcard that I took from one of the guards in front of the three spies. I swipe the card in the reader. The reader gives a beep as it flashes green, signalling us access to the room.
I enter the room, with the three spies following behind, carefully clicking the door behind us so as not to alert the other guards in the area. We start feeling around in the darkness, feeling for the light switch.
A few seconds later, the light clicks on, thanks to Oscar. We look round. It looks like that we're in the archives facility of the institute. The room is about the size of a two-car garage, with a high ceiling. The shelves are filled with archive boxes that are full of research and other information regarding the institute's work.
"So, the person who came broke into the institute came in here," says Rose. "Question is what were they after?"
"That's what we're about to find out," I say. "Let's split up and see what we can find."
Oscar and Carrie take the aisle on the left while Rose and I take the aisle on the right. Walking side by side, Rose and I walk down the long, wide aisle to see if the intruder left anything behind. I stop at a shelf and pulling out an archive box, I open it to go and look through the files about the employees' research and notes and stuff.
But I can't make head or tails about the research as I leaf through the pages. There are so many equations, calculations and scientific words in the files that it's making my head hurt.
"Hey, Jen! Over here!" Rose calls.
I place the file back in the archive box and the box on the shelf and hurry over to her at the back end of the room.
"Look what I've found," says Rose. She holds up a long strand of red hair.
"Good job, Rose," I say. "Let me scan this and send it to Frank for analysis." I use the projector slot on the digital watch face of the watch communicator to read the hair. Then I send the information to Frank.
"Hey, look up there," says Rose, pointing.
I look up on the shelf and high above us – near to the ceiling – is a gap between two boxes.
"Either the intruder is ten feet tall or they have wings to fly up there and get the file because the ladder is by the door and they didn't use it," I say, placing my hands on my hips. "I wonder what they want with an employee's file."
"Maybe they're working for SKUL and the Grandmaster wanted someone to steal secret important regarding the institute's work that could be beneficial to him," Rose assumes. "Something that could bring the whole world to ransom."
"Hm, maybe. We'll just have to find out when we get our hands on them. Come on, let's get Oscar and Carrie and get out of here."
Rose and I make our way back to the door where Oscar and Carrie are already waiting for us. The four of us head out of the storage room and down the hall we came from.
"Er, guys?" says Oscar. "Wasn't there two security guards standing outside the storage room?"
The girls and I turn to the storage room door to see that Oscar's right – there's no-one there!
"Where did they go?" Rose asks.
An alarm starts to blare.
"Probably to do that," says Carrie.
Suddenly, guards armed with security assault rifles begin to appear.
"Looks like we've outstayed our welcome," I say. "Run!"
All four of us take off, running through the maze of corridors at top speed. Stupid Immobilizing Perfume Stun Spray that lasts for five minutes! I hope Frank kept the receipt on that.
We hare down the corridor. We turn a corner – more guards have arrived.
"Ah!" I exclaim. I quickly spray the Immobilizing Perfume Stun Spray at the guards, freezing them on the spot.
And then I turn and run again, with the others following behind. But as we charge down the corridor, even more guards come into sight.
"Uh-oh!" says Carrie.
"Go back the way we came!" Oscar tells us.
We turn to make a quick exit, but a large group of security guards show up. We turn the other way to see a swarm of guards coming from the other direction, trapping us.
"We're completely surrounded," says Rose as we back up against the wall.
My eyes dart to the guards coming over to us. I spot the emergency exit light sign on the far end of the corridor, straight ahead. I look down at the Immobilizing Perfume Stun Spray and then to the guards. It's just a chance – but anything's better than being turned into Swiss cheese!
"Guys, I have an idea," I say. "For this, you may wanna take a deep breath and hold your nose."
"Why?" Oscar asks.
"I'm gonna smash the bottle to stun all the guards surrounding us. As soon as I do that, head straight for the fire exit at the end of the corridor. And remember – try not to breathe. OK, ready?"
Rose, Oscar and Carrie nod – then they take a huge breath and hold their noses. I do the same. I smash the bottle on the ground and it shatters into pieces, releasing a blanket of red fragrance that paralyzes the guards.
The team and I immediately take off, rushing and elbowing our way through the huge group of incapacitated security men while at the same time trying our best not to breathe in the scent of the Immobilizing Perfume Stun Spray. After we push our way through the crowd of burly guards, the team and I head rush towards the fire exit, and then we gasp for breath as we enter the staircase.
"That… was well scary," says Carrie, her breathing returning to normal. "I felt as if my lungs would burst."
Soon, we can hear voices coming from the staircase a couple of floors below us – and stomping feet.
The guards are still after us.
"Come on," I say. "We're not out of the woods yet."
We start running up the staircase. Up and up and up until we find ourselves at the door with the green exit sign above it at the top of the stairs. The spies and I push through to the roof of the institute. Once outside, we quickly change back into our spy suits.
Heavy footsteps sound behind us as we activate our Jetpack Backpacks. Then we leap into the air and take off – just as the guards burst through the door.
"Later, losers!" I call to the guards on the roof as we fly away. I let out a sigh. "Wow. I thought we would never get away from…"
Something whistles past me, narrowing missing my head.
"Hey!"
Looking behind, I can see from the roof of the institute that the guards are taking aiming and shooting at us.
"Look out – whoa!" Carrie yells as she backflips in the air, arching out of the way of a passing bullet.
"We need to go higher!" Rose tells us after she ducks her head from another bullet.
We do she says and fly higher to avoid the bullets. Suddenly an explosion sounded – followed by a scream.
"GYAAAAAA!"
"Oscar!" Rose and Carrie cry.
I look down wide-eyed as Oscar falls through the air, heading to the streets below. The right wing of his Jetpack Backpack is riddled with bullet holes.
"AAAHHHH!" Oscar yells as he continues to plummet.
"Oscar!" I shoot downwards like an eagle diving for fish, desperate to reach him before he hits the ground. Down and down until my arms reach out and I wrap them around him, catching him just a few hundred feet from the ground. "Gotcha!" I say, and I pull him up.
"Blimey, that was close," Oscar says breathlessly.
"You can say that again," I reply. "A few more seconds and you would've been a splattered pizza!"
"Thanks for saving me."
"No problem." I hold onto him tightly, my arms right round him as we catch up to Rose and Carrie.
"Oscar – thank God you're all right," says Rose, heaving a huge sigh of relief.
"Yeah, you gave us a right scare," agreed Carrie.
"Sorry about that, girls," says Oscar.
"Right," I say, "now that that's all over, let's get back to St Hope's. I have an engagement party to attend to."
We fly off again, heading back to St Hope's – with my arms wrapped around Oscar.
(Frank's POV)
I've been clearing leaves from the playground for about fifteen minutes now. I've finished analysing the hair sample that Jen sent to me and I needed to make myself busy until she and the others come back. It's a sunny but brisk morning with white fleecy clouds high in the sky.
Before I go back to the leaves, I hear a noise overhead. I look up at the sky, raising my hand to shield my eyes from the sun, and see three figures descending to the playground.
It's Rose, Carrie and Jenny – and she's carrying Oscar! I wonder whatever for? My question is soon answered when they land not far from where I am and I notice holes in Oscar's backpack. I scurry over to them.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Well the Globodex Welcoming Committee weren't so welcoming when they found out what we were doing," says Jenny, changing back to her normal clothes. Rose, Carrie and Oscar do the same.
"Not content with chasing us out of the institute, they were trying to shoot us out of the sky," says Carrie. "They almost did so with Oscar. If it wasn't for Jen…"
"Let's not even go there," says Rose. "Let's just be glad that she reached him in time."
"I agree," says Oscar. "Thanks again, Jen."
"You're welcome," she says. "Here" – Jenny unslings her backpack and hands it to Oscar – "Take my backpack. I'll use my Rocket Go-Go Boots to get by."
Oscar smiles as he gratefully takes the backpack. This is one of the many reasons why I love Jenny and want to marry her – she's sweet, generous and she puts others first before herself.
"Frank?"
I snap back to the present, aware that Jenny and the others are watching me. "Yes?"
"I was wondering if you got a hit on the hair sample that I sent you," says Jenny. "Or were you too busy thinking of me wearing sexy lingerie."
I can feel my cheeks burning as she impishly grins at me while Carrie, Oscar and Rose try to stifle their giggles. I wasn't even thinking about Jenny in lingerie but now that she's mentioned it, my brain can help but project an image of her in a black satin bra and knickers ensemble trimmed with black lace and pale blue bows, black stockings and garters, and three-inch black stilettos…
"There you are!" says a voice, disrupting my fantasy. I turn to see Mrs King coming up to us. "I've been looking for you and Jenny everywhere. Where have you been?"
"Well, uh… Umm…" I turn to Jenny to see if she can come up with something.
"Errrr, errrr…" is all she can say.
"Oscar, Rose and I were keeping Frank and Jenny busy while you and everybody else were setting up the hall for the party, Mrs King," Carrie interjects. "Weren't we, guys?"
"Oh yes, Miss," Rose and Oscar say, nodding.
"Ah. Thank you for doing so," says Mrs King. "Anyway, we've finished decorating, so if you'd like to follow me."
Mrs King turns and walks back to the school. Jenny and I follow behind – as do Rose, Carrie and Oscar. Jenny takes hold of my hand and she smiles up at me sweetly. I smile back. I hear whispering behind me – then the spluttering of laughter. Probably because of what happened earlier before Mrs King came along. It's Jenny's fault for putting that image in my head. I can still picture her looking striking and sassy in scantily clad underwear. It's making me delirious with desire. Maybe during the party, Jen and I could slip away to the stationery cupboard and maybe we could…
"Surprise!"
I nearly jump a mile as my fantasy is ruined once again. This time by the students and Mr. Flatley as they blow on their party horns and pull the strings from their party poppers, decorating Jenny and me with the streamers that were inside.
"Oh wow, guys. Thanks," says Jenny, removing some streamers from her head. "And I love what you've done with the place!"
There's a row fairy lights against the wall around the hall and a large table with lots of snacks, sweets and fizzy drinks. It makes me wonder how they arranged everything so quickly.
"Come on, Jen," says Avril. "You have to tell us the night that Frank proposed to you."
"Yeah," agreed Davina. "We want details!"
She and Avril take each of Jenny's hands and take her to the middle of the hall to tell her story. Everyone follows and crowds around Jenny, leaving me, Rose, Oscar and Carrie standing by the door.
"So no-one wants to hear my side of the story?" I say sarcastically.
"I would," says Carrie.
"Later, Carrie," says Rose. "Frank still hasn't told us whether he has something on the hair sample."
"Ah yes, I almost forgot about that – what with everything that's happened within the last few minutes," I say.
The team and I get into a little huddle in the corner of the hall.
"So, what have you got, Frank?" Oscar asks.
"After analysing the hair sample, I've found out that the person who broke into the institute was someone who used to work there," I tell the team. "Her name is Professor Catty Felyne – a research scientist at Globodex who was involved in valuable genetic research. However, her funding was running out, and she was unable to perform proper experiments."
"So, what happened to her?" Rose asks.
I shrug. "No-one's heard or seen her within the last two months," I say.
"But why would she break into the institute?" says Carrie. "Surely it would have been better just to ask for the file she wanted rather than just steal it."
"Maybe she stole the file so she can continue her research," Oscar suggests.
"Or maybe she stole the file for the Grandmaster," says Rose. "Maybe it's secret information which could be very useful to him. Something that could bring Britain – or even the world – to its knees."
"We need to find her and stop her," says Carrie.
"I can use my Spy-Pod to get an address." Rose immediately takes out her Spy-Pod and gets to work.
Soon, Jenny catches up to us.
"Sorry about that, guys," she says. "It's so hard when you're popular to get away from people. Anyway, what have I missed?"
"The person who stole the file from the institute is a former employee – Professor Catty Felyne," says Oscar.
"I've got an address on her," says Rose. "According to my Spy-Pod, Professor Felyne lives at 49 Bridle Road, Croydon, Surrey."
"Well, let's get going!" says Carrie, bold as ever.
"Easy for you to say," says Jenny. "How am we supposed to get away from Aunt Hermione?"
We have a think.
"I think I may have an idea," says Oscar. "Just give me a sec."
Oscar dashes out of the hall. What is he up to?
Suddenly, an alarm starts ringing, bellowing its high-pitched ringing through hall and the entire school. It's the fire alarm!
"OK, everyone, that's the fire alarm!" says Mrs King. "Please evacuate the building in a calm and orderly manner."
Rose, Carrie, Jenny and I follow everyone out of the hall to the playground. Oscar is waiting for the girls outside the school.
"You better get going before you get called back in," I say.
"But what are you gonna tell Aunt Hermione?" Jenny asks.
"I'll think of something. I am a scientist, after all."
Jenny gives my hand a squeeze, and then she rushes over to Oscar – Rose and Carrie too.
"I'm just gonna see if it's safe to go back into school," I say to Mrs King.
"Uh-huh," she says dismissively as she taking the register.
I run back into school and head to the storage cupboard. Upon entering, I pull the lever and the lift takes me down to HQ. As soon as I get there, I head for the lab and search through the drawer to find the gadget that I need.
"There you are," I say, taking the small box from the drawer. I open it to see if it's what I want. And it is – the Hologram Projecting Earrings. But rather than being black heart-shaped stun earrings, this one is a diamond earstud. I made the Hologram Projecting Earrings for both male and female agents. I take one of the earstuds and attach it to my ear. Then I exit out of HQ.
After I leave the cupboard, I rush down the corridor and out to the playground.
"I've finished checking around, Mrs K," I say to Mrs King. "It's all right to go back into the school."
But Mrs King is looking fidgety. "Oh Frank, you haven't seen Jenny while you were in there? I can't see her out here. I can't see Rose Gupta, Oscar Cole and Carrie Stewart either."
"I'm sure they'll turn up somewhere." I tug at my ear and seconds later, holographic versions of Jenny, Rose, Oscar and Carrie come out of the school. "Look – there they are, Mrs K."
"What were you four doing inside the school while the fire alarm was going off?" Mrs King asks them crossly.
"Sorry, Auntie," says Holographic Jenny calmly. "But when I didn't see Rose, Oscar and Carrie out here, I went back in to see what happened to them."
"That was very dangerous of you to go back into school. That could have been a real fire in there. You could have been hurt! Luckily, it's a false alarm and I'm glad that you're OK. The same goes for you three. But don't ever pull that kind of stunt again. Understand?"
"Yes, Auntie."
"Yes, Mrs King," says Holographic Rose, Oscar and Carrie.
"Good." Mrs King turns to the crowd. "Now that it's safe to go back into school, we can carry on with the party," she announces. "Come on!"
She leads everyone back into school. The holograms and I follow along. That was close. I only just managed to get away with replacing the team and Jenny with holograms. I hope the real Rose, Oscar, Carrie and Jenny can stop Professor Felyne before someone figures out that the holograms aren't even flesh and blood.
Not that they could, anyway.